warning light AUDI Q5 2019 Owner's Guide

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Driving

—Theparkinglockwasreleasedusingtheemer-
gencyrelease>page89.Or
—Theparkinglockcannolongerbeengaged.
DrivetoanauthorizedAudidealerorauthor-
izedAudiServiceFacilityimmediatelytohave
themalfunctioncorrected.
Moveselectorlevertoautomaticposition
Thereisamalfunctioninthetiptronicmode.End
tiptronicmodebypushingtheselectorleverto
theleftintothe"D/S"position.
Parkinglockemergencyrelease
>Keepthebrakepedalpressedandengagethe
followingselectorleverpositionsoneafterthe
other:"N","D"andbackto"N".
>Turn theengineoffagain.
>Graspthe socketwrenchwithbothhandsand
carefullypullitupwardtoremove.
>Installthecover.
Iftheparkinglockisreleasedwiththeemergen-
cyrelease,thefs]indicatorlightturnsoninthe
instrumentclusterand“N”isengaged.The mes-
sageDangerofrollingaway!Pnotpossible.
Pleaseapplyparkingbrakealsoappears.


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Fig.93Driver'ssidefootwell:releasingtheparkinglock
usingtheemergencyrelease
Theemergencyreleaseislocatedunderthefloor
matonthedriver'sside.Readandfollowtheim-
portantinstructionsabouttowing>page364.
Releasingtheparkinglockusingthe
emergencyrelease
>Set theparkingbraketosecureyourvehicle
fromrollingaway.Ifthisisnotpossible,secure
yourvehiclefromrollingusinganothermeth-
od.
>Prythecoveroffatoneoftheopeningsusing
thescrewdriverfromthevehicletoolkit.
>Insertthe socketwrenchfromthevehicletool
kitintotheopening>fig.93.
>Turn thesocketwrenchclockwise(4)untilit
stopsandpressitdownward(2)untilitlocksin-
toplace.
>Leavethe socketwrenchinserted.
Resettingtheparkinglock
>»Pressthebrake pedalandstarttheengine.
ZA\WARNING
—Theparkinglockmustbereleasedusingthe
emergencyreleasebeforetowingthevehi-
cley
— Theparkinglockmayonlybereleasedusing
the emergencyreleaseiftheparkingbrake
isset.Ifit isnotworking,securethevehicle
fromrollingusingthebrakepedalorother
suitablemeans,suchasblockingafrontand
arearwheel.Anunsecuredvehiclemayroll
away,whichincreasestheriskofanacci-
dent.
—Onlyactivatetheemergencyreleasewhile
onalevelsurfaceoraslightslope.
—Toreducetheriskofanaccident,youmust
notdrivewhentheemergencyreleaseisac-
tivated.

©Note
Duetotheriskofdamage,carefullyremove
the socketwrenchwhenyouresettheparking
lock.
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Assistsystems

Assistsystems
Speedwarningsystem
Appliesto:vehicleswithspeedwarningsystem
Thespeedwarningsystemhelpsyoutostaybe-
lowaspecifiedmaximumspeedthatcanbeset,
changedordeletedintheInfotainmentsystem.
Thespeedwarningsystemwarnsyouifyouare
exceeding themaximumspeedthatyouhaveset.
Awarningtonewillsoundassoonasyourspeed
exceedsthestoredvalueslightly.Thewyin-
dicatorlightandamessageappearintheinstru-
mentclusterdisplayatthesametime.The
indicatorlightandthemessageturnoffifthe
speedfallsbackbelowthestoredmaximum
speed.
Settingathresholdisrecommendedifyouwould
liketoberemindedwhenyoureachacertain
maximumspeed.Situationswhereyoumaywant
todoso includedrivinginacountrywithagener-
alspeedlimitorifthereisaspecifiedmaximum
speedforwintertires.
Settingthewarningthreshold

>SelectintheInfotainmentsystem:[MENU]but-
ton>Vehicle> leftcontrolbutton>Driveras-
sistance>Speedwarning>Manual.
G)Tips
Regardlessofthespeedwarningsystem,you
shouldalwaysmonitoryourspeedusingthe
speedometerandmakesureyouarefollowing
thelegalspeedlimit.

Cruisecontrolsystem
Appliesto:vehicleswithcruisecontrolsystem
Thecruisecontrolsystemassiststhedriverin
maintainingaconstantspeedaboveapproxi-
mately15mph(20km/h).Thesystemmaintains
thedesiredspeedbybrakingandaccelerating.

ZAWARNING
—Alwayspayattentiontothetrafficaround
yourvehiclewhenthecruisecontrolsystem
isinoperation.Asthedriver,youarealways
responsibleforcontrollingyourvehicle
speedandthedistancebetweenyourvehicle
andothervehicles.
—Forsafetyreasons,cruisecontrolshould not
beusedinthecity,instop-and-gotraffic,on
windingroads,andwhenroadconditionsare
poor(suchasice,fog,gravel,heavyrain,
andconditionsthatcouldlead tohydroplan-
ing),becausethisincreasestheriskofanac-
cident.
—Switchthecruisecontrolofftemporarily
whendrivinginturninglanes,highwayexits,
orinconstructionzones.
—Toreducetheriskofanaccident,youshould
onlyresumethestoredspeedifitissuitable
forthecurrenttrafficconditions.
()Note
Beforedrivingdownhillalongdistanceona
steephill,decreaseyourspeedandselecta
lowergear.Thismakesuseoftheenginebrak-
ingeffectandreducestheloadplacedonthe
brakes.
@)Tips
Thebrakelightsturnonwhenthebrakesare
appliedautomatically.
Switchingthesystemon
Appliesto:vehicleswithcruisecontrolsystem


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Fig.94Operatinglever:Switchingonthecruisecontrol
system
Requirement:Switchtheignitionon.
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Assistsystems

>Toswitchthesystemon,pullthelevertoward
youtoposition().
TheGgor88]indicatorlightandthecorre-
spondingmessagewillappearintheinstrument
cluster.
ZXWARNING
Ifthebrakesaremalfunctioning(forexample,
overheating)whilethecruisecontrolsystem
isswitchedon,itmayshutoffautomatically.
Preselectingoractivatingacruisecontrol
Cytst-t)
Appliesto:vehicleswithcruisecontrolsystem


Whenthevehicleisstationary,youcanpreselect
thecruisecontrolspeedoractivatethespeed
whiledriving.
Requirement:thesystemmustbe switchedon.
>Topreselectacruisecontrolspeedwhentheve-
hicleisstationary,tapthelevertoward@)/G)
=>page93,fig.94.
>Toactivatethecruisecontrolspeed,pullthe
levertowardposition@whiledriving,or
>
Tosetthecurrentdrivingspeedasthecruise
controlspeed,pressthebutton(@)onthelever.
Theactivecruisecontrolspeedisindicatedwith
theCRUISE]orklindicatorlightintheinstrument
cluster.
Anadditionalindicatorappearsinthehead-up
display”.
Changingthecruisecontrolspeed
Appliesto:vehicleswithcruisecontrolsystem
>Toincrease ordecreasethecruisecontrolspeed
insmallincrements,tap theleveruptothe
firstleveltoward@/@)>page93,fig.94.
>Toincrease ordecreasethecruisecontrolspeed
inlargerincrements,taptheleveruptothe
secondleveltoward@)/G).
>Toincrease ordecreasethecruisecontrolspeed
continuously,tapandholdtheleveratthefirst
orsecondleveltoward(#)/C).
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Overridingordeactivatingthecruise
controlspeed
Appliesto:vehicleswithcruisecontrolsystem
Youcanoverride ordeactivatethecruisecontrol
system.Whenyoudeactivatethesystem,your
cruisecontrolspeedwillbestoredand youcan
resumethatspeed.
Requirement:thesystemmustbe switchedon
andactivated.
Overriding
>Totemporarilyoverridethecruisecontrol
speed,presstheacceleratorpedal.
>Onceyoureleasetheacceleratorpedal,thesys-
temwilladjustbacktothestoredcruisecontrol
speed.
Ifyouoverridethecruisecontrolsystemfora
longperiodoftime,thecruisecontrolsystem
willbedeactivated.Thesystemindicatorlight
willturnoffandthecruisecontrolspeedwillbe
stored.
Deactivating
>Todeactivatethecruisecontrolspeed,press
thelevertoward(2)(notlockedintoplace)
=>page93,fig.94.
>Pressthebrakepedal.

Z\WARNING
Restingyourfootontheacceleratorpedal
couldoverridethecruisecontrol.Thiswillpre-
ventbrakinginterventionsby the system.
Seema
Appliesto:vehicleswithcruisecontrolsystem

Whenyouswitchthesystemoffcompletely,the
cruisecontrolspeedwillbedeleted.
Requirement:thesystemmustbe switchedon.
>Toswitchthesystemoff,pressthelevertoward
@(lockedintoplace)>page93,fig.94,or
>Switchtheignitionoff.

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Appliesto:vehicleswithcruisecontrolsystem
ICRUISE|/3)Speedcontrolsystem:currentlyun-
available.Seeowner'smanual
Iftheindicatorlightturnsonandthismessage
appears,thecruisecontrolsystemhasbeendeac-
tivated.Thereisatemporarymalfunction,forex-
amplethebrakesareoverheating.Switchthe
cruisecontrolsystemonagainlater.
Camera-basedtraffic
signrecognition
Appliesto:vehicleswith camera-basedtrafficsignrecognition

Fig.95Instrumentcluster:trafficsignrecognition

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Fig.96Windshield:camerawindowfortrafficsignrecog-
nition
Trafficsignrecognitionassistsyouwhendriving
bydisplayingdetectedspeedlimitsorsignspro-
hibitingpassingintheinstrumentclusterdisplay
>fig.95.Withinthelimitsofthesystem,thele-
galspeedlimitsinschoolzonesaredetectedand
displayed.
Generalinformation
Trafficsignrecognitioncandetectstandard
speedlimitsignsthatarewithinthecamera'svis-
ualfield.Withassistancefromnavigationdata,
detectedspeedlimitsareevaluatedandshownin
thedisplay.Thetrafficsignforthecurrentde-
tectedspeedlimitwillblinkinthedisplayifyou
exceedthewarningthresholdsetintheInfotain-
mentsystem>page96.
Thetrafficsignrecognitionissubjecttocertain
systemlimitationsandmaybeunavailableoron-
lypartiallyavailableinthefollowingsituations:
—Whenvisibilityispoor,suchasinsnow,rain,
fogorheavyspray
—Whenthereisglare,forexamplefromoncom-
ingtrafficorthesun
—Athighspeeds
—Ifthecamera'svisualfield>fig.96iscovered,
forexamplebydirtorstickers.Forinformation
oncleaning,see>page343.
—Ifthetrafficsigns arecompletelyorpartially
covered,forexamplebytrees,snow,dirtor
othervehicles
—Ifspeedtrafficsignsdonotconformtothe
standards
—Iftrafficsigns aredamagedorbent
—Iftrafficsigns aredisplayedonsignholders
withelectronicsigns
—Ifthetrafficsigns ortheconfigurationofthe
roadhavechanged(navigationdataisnolonger
up-to-date)

ZAWARNING
—Payattentiontotrafficandtheareaaround
yourvehiclewhentrafficsignrecognitionis
turnedon.Thetrafficsignsinstalledonthe
roadalwaystakeprecedenceoverthedis-
play.Thedriverisalwaysresponsibleforas-
sessingthetrafficsituation.
— Undersomecircumstances,trafficsignrec-
ognitionmaynotdetecttrafficsignscorrect-
lyordetectthematall.Asaresult,thesys-
temmaynotdisplaythecorrectspeedlimit
oranyspeedlimit.
—Trafficsignrecognitiondoesnotadaptyour
vehicle'sspeedtomatchthespeedlimit!
—Thedisplayintheinstrumentclusteris
basedontheunitsofmeasurementusedfor
speedinthe countrywherethevehicleisbe-
ingoperated.Asaresult,adisplayof50in

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Trafficlightinformation
Appliesto:vehicleswithtrafficlightinformation

Fig.98Instrumentcluster:trafficlightinformationdis-
play(diagram)
Thetrafficlightinformation)givesyouaspeed
recommendationinordertoreachthenexttraffic
lightwhenitisgreen@,oritinformsyouofthe
waittimeatthenextredlight@).Thetraffic
lightinformationcanbedisplayedinthedriver
informationsystem,inthestatuslineoftheAudi
virtualcockpit*orinthehead-updisplay*.
Generalinformation
Thetrafficlightinformationissubjecttocertain
systemlimitationsandmaybeunavailableoron-
lypartiallyavailableinthefollowingsituations:
—Ifthepermittedspeedlimitisexceeded
—Ifdrivingbelowacertainspeedlimit
—Ifthenexttrafficlightislessthan100feet(30
m)away
—Iftheestimatedwaittimeataredlightisless
thanfourseconds
—Ifthereisnotrafficlightdataavailable
—Ifthedataconnectionhasbeeninterrupted
—Ifthecamera-basedtrafficsignrecognition*is
malfunctioning
—Iftherearewarningsfromthecamera-based
trafficsignrecognition*
Switchingtrafficlightinformationonand
off
—Select:[MENU]button>Audiconnect>Traffic
lightinformation.



)Serviceinpreparationatthetimeofprinting.Can addlat-
erorisonlyavailableincertainregions.

ZAWARNING
—Whentrafficlightinformationisshown,al-
soalways payattentiontothetrafficsitua-
tion,thedistancetoothervehiclesandthe
areaaroundthevehicle.Thedriverisalways
responsibleforassessingthetrafficsitua-
tion.
—Alwaysadaptyourspeedtothecurrent
weather,roadandtrafficconditions.Thedis-
playedinformationmustnevercauseyouto
ignorelegaltrafficregulationsandposea
safetyrisk.
—Regardlessofthetrafficlightinformation,
youshould alwaysmonitoryourspeedusing
thespeedometerandmakesureyouaread-
hering
tothelegalspeedlimit.
—Thetrafficlightinformationdoesnotadjust
yourvehicle'sspeedtothespeedrecom-
mendationshowninthedisplay.
@)Tips
—Trafficlightinformationisnotyetavailable
inallcitiesandisnotnationwide.

—Alwaysreadtheinstructionsinthe chapter
=>page192.
Laptimer
Introduction
Appliesto:vehicleswithlaptimer
Youcanmeasureandanalyzelaptimeswiththe
laptimerinthedisplay.
Openingthelaptimer
>OpenthefirstVehicletab(tripcomputer)using
the[<>]buttononthemultifunctionsteering
wheel.
>Selectonthemultifunctionsteeringwheel:left
controlbutton>Laptimes.


Operatingthelaptimer
>Onthemultifunctionsteeringwheel,turnthe
leftthumbwheel()>page15untilthedesired>
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Assistsystems

Description
Thepredictivecontrolusesthemapinforma-
tionfromthenavigationsysteminordertoreact
proactivelywhendriving.Informationfromthe
camera-basedtrafficsignrecognition*isalsoap-
pliedtorecognizetrafficsigns>page95.When
cominguptoareaswithspeedlimitsorchanges
inthe courseoftheroad(suchascurves,inter-
sectionsortrafficcircles),thesystembrakesau-
tomaticallyandthenacceleratesbackuptothe
setspeed.
Overridingcontrol
Thedrivercanoverridethepredictivecontrolat
anytimebypressingtheacceleratororbrake
pedal.Ifthesystemchangesthevehiclespeedto
adapttospeedlimits,youcanchangethespeed
usingthelever>page105,fig.106.
Alwaysswitchoffthepredictivecontrolin
thefollowingsituations:
—Whenincreasedattentionisneededfromthe
driver
—Inpoorweatherconditionssuchassnowor
heavyrain
—Whendrivingonroadsinpoorcondition
Indicatorintheinstrumentclusterdisplay
Whenswitchingontheadaptivecruisecontrol
forthefirsttime,amessagewillappearinthe
statuslinetoindicateifpredictivecontrolis
available.
TheBensymbolappearswhenthesystem
isregulatingthespeedtomatchaspeedlimit.If
thisisthecase,thesystemisregulatingaspeed
of50mph(80 km/h).Thespeedisthentaken
over bytheadaptivecruisecontrol.Thespeedin
thespeedometerLEDringadjuststothespeedto
bemaintained>page103,fig.105.TheauEN
=>fig.99symbolappearswhenthereisanadap-
tationtotherouteahead.
IfyouareintheDriverassistancedisplayinthe
instrumentcluster,thenthefollowingsymbols
willindicatewhichoccurrencethesystemiscur-
rentlyrespondingto:

SymbolMeaning
MPHSpeedlimit
km/hSpeedlimit

[lew
JikIntersection
TUT

SiTrafficcircle
te


ZAWARNING
—Readthewarningson>AinGeneralinfor-
mationonpage 102andon>A\inDescrip-
tiononpage95.
—Payattentiontotrafficandtheareaaround
yourvehiclewhenpredictivecontrolis
switchedon.Thedriverisalwaysresponsible
forassessingthetrafficsituation.
—Thesystemdoesnotconsider"rightofway"
rulesanddoesnotrespondtotrafficlights,
solackofdriverattentioninthesesituations
canincreasetheriskofanaccident.
— The systemonlyconsiderstrafficsignsthat
giveaspeedlimit.
— Thepermittedspeedcanbeexceededifthe
adaptationtoaspeedlimitisincorrect.The
driverisresponsibleforadheringtotheper-
mittedspeed.
— Thespeedwhendrivingthroughcurvesmay
bedifferentfromwhatyouasadriverwould
do.Brakethevehicleyourselfwhenneeded
toreducetheriskofanaccident.


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G)Tips
—Ifaspeedlimitisdetected,thestored
speedisalsoadjustedinthespeedometer
LEDlinewhentheadaptivecruisecontrolis
notactive.
—Controlbythesystemdependsonthese-
lectedAudidriveselect*mode.
—Switchingoffpredictive control,forexam-
plewhendrivinginlowtrafficzones,does
notcause theadaptivecruisecontrolto
switchoff.

Assistsystems

Youcansetanyspeedbetween20mphand95
mph(30km/hand150km/h).
Indicatorlightsandmessagesintheinstrument
clusterdisplayinformyouaboutthecurrentsit-
uationandsetting.
Anadditionalindicatorappearsinthehead-up
display”.
Switchingadaptivecruisecontrolon
>Pullthelevertowardyouintoposition@
>fig.104.
Storingthespeedandactivatingregulation

>Tostorethecurrentspeed,pressthe[SET]but-
ton>fig.104.Thestoredspeedisshowninthe
speedometerintheLEDline(@)andappears
brieflyinthestatusline©)>fig.105.
>Toactivatecontrolwhenstationary,thebrake
pedalmustalsobepressed.

Switchingadaptivecruisecontroloff
>Pushtheleverawayfromyouintoposition©)
untilitclicksintoplace.ThemessageACC:off
appears.
Indicatorlights
B-Adaptivecruisecontrolisswitchedon.No
vehiclesaredetectedahead.Thestoredspeedis
maintained.
B-Avehicledrivingaheadwasdetected.The
adaptivecruisecontrolsystemregulatesthe
speedanddistancetothevehicledrivingahead
andaccelerates/brakesautomatically.
A-Adaptivecruisecontrolisswitchedon.Ave-
hiclewasdetectedahead.Yourvehicleisstation-
aryandwillnotstartdrivingautomatically.
EB-Adaptivecruisecontrolisswitchedon.No
vehiclesweredetectedahead.Yourvehicleissta-
tionaryandwillnotstartdrivingautomatically.
B-Theautomaticbrakingisnotenoughto
maintainasufficientdistancetoavehicledriving
ahead.Youmustintervene>page107,Driverin-
terventionrequest.
104
©Instrumentclusterdisplay
IftheDriverassistancedisplayisnotshownin
theinstrumentclusterdisplay,youcanopenit
usingthemultifunctionsteeringwheelbuttons
>page15.
Basedonthegraphicdisplay,youcandetermine
ifthesystemismaintainingadistancetotheve-
hicledrivingaheadandwhatthatdistanceis.
Novehicle-novehiclewasdetecteddriving
ahead.
Silvervehicle-avehiclewasdetecteddriving
ahead.
Redvehicle-requestfordriverintervention
=>page107.
Thefivedistance barsonthegauge(©represent
the
setdistance(referto>page105forinfor-
mationonhowtochangethedistance).Ifyou
fallbelowtheselecteddistance,thedistance
barsbecomeredfromthebottomupward.

ZXWARNING
Ifyoupressthe[SET]buttonwhendrivingat
speedsbelow20mph(30km/h),thevehicle
acceleratesautomaticallyupto20mph(30
km/h),whichistheminimumspeedthatcan
beset.



(i)Tips
—Ifyouswitchtheignitionortheadaptive
cruisecontrolsystemoff,thesetspeedis
erasedforsafetyreasons.
— TheElectronicStabilizationControl(ESC)
andtheAnti-Slip-Regulation(ASR)areauto-
maticallyswitchedonwhentheadaptive
cruisecontrolisswitchedon.

Assistsystems

@Tips
Dependingontheselecteddrivingprogram
anddistance,drivingbehaviorwhenacceler-
atingwillvaryfromdynamictocomfortable
=page107.
Drivinginstop-and-gotraffic
Appliesto:vehicleswithAudiadaptivecruisecontrol

Fig.108Instrumentcluster:safestartmonitor
Theadaptivecruisecontrolsystemalsoassists
youinstop-and-gotraffic.If avehicledriving
aheadstops,yourvehiclewillbrakeandstayata
stopwithinthelimitsofthesystem.
Startingtodrivewithadaptivecruise
control!)
AslongasthemessageACC:automaticgoisdis-
played,yourvehiclewillbegindrivingwhenthe
vehicledrivingaheadstartstomove>A\.
Ifyouarestoppedforseveralseconds,yourvehi-
clewillnolongerdriveautonomouslyforsafety
reasons,andthemessagewillturnoff.
>ToreactivateACC: automaticgotemporarily,
pullthelevertoposition(2)>page106,
fig.109.
>Toresumemanualcontrolofthevehicle,tap
theacceleratorpedal.
Safestartmonitor
Ifanobstacleisdetectedwhenyoustartdriving,
youwillbealerted tothedangerbytheAindi-
catorlightandtheimageintheinstrumentclus-
terdisplay>fig.108>A\.Anaudiosignalwill
alsosound.Yourvehiclewilldrivemoreslowly

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106
whenstarting.Thismayalsooccurinsomesitua-
tionswhenthereisnoapparentobstacle.
—Pressthebrakepedaltoslowyourvehicle
down.

AWARNING
IfthemessageACC: automaticgoappears,
yourvehiclewillstartdrivingevenifthereis
anobstaclebetweenyourvehicleandtheve-
hicledrivingahead.Thisincreasestheriskof
anaccident.
@)Tips
—Forsafetyreasons,yourvehiclewillonly
starttodriveautomaticallyif:
—Thedriver'ssafetybeltisfastened
—Alldoorsandthehoodareclosed

—Yourvehicleisnotstoppedforalongperi-
odoftime
Interruptingcruisecontrol
Appliesto:vehicleswithAudi adaptivecruisecontrol

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Fig.109Selectorlever
Requirement:adaptivecruisecontrolmustbe
switched
on.
Overridingcruisecontrol
>Toacceleratemanually,pullthelevertoward
youintoposition@)andholditthereorpress
theacceleratorpedal.ThemessageACC:over-
rideappears.
>Toresumecruisecontrol,releasetheleveror
takeyourfootofftheacceleratorpedal.>

Assistsystems

Trafficjamassist
Appliesto:vehicleswithtrafficjamassist
Trafficjamassistsupportsthedriverwhendriv-
ingintrafficjamsorinheavytraffic.

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Fig.111Turnsignallever:trafficjamassistbutton
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Fig.112Instrumentcluster:trafficjamassist
In aspeedrangeunder40mph(65km/h),traffic
jamassistcanhelptokeepthevehiclewithina
lanecalculatedbythesystem.Withinthelimits
ofthe system, thesystemcontrolsthesteering
automaticallywhenadaptivecruisecontrolis
switchedon.Sincetrafficjamassistisonlyanas-
sistsystem,thedrivermustalwayskeephisor
herhandsonthesteeringwheelandbereadyto
steer.Thedrivercanoverridethecontrolatany
timebyactivelysteering.
Thesystemisdesignedfordrivingonexpress-
waysandhighways.
Switchingtrafficjamassistonandoff
>Pressthebuttontoswitchthesystemonand
off>fig.111.
>Toturnthesystemoffcompletely,selectinthe
Infotainmentsystem:[MENU]button>Vehicle
>leftcontrolbutton>Driverassistance> Traf-
ficjamassist.


108
Iftrafficjamassistwasdeactivatedthroughthe
Infotainmentsystem,youcancontinueoperating
theactivelaneassistusingthe>fig.111button
=>page117.Thetrafficjamassistfunctionsare
nolongeravailable.
Requirementsforusingtrafficjamassist:
—TrafficjamassistmustbeswitchedonintheIn-
fotainmentsystem.
—Adaptivecruisecontrolmustbeswitchedon
andactive>page103.
Alwaysswitchofftrafficjamassistinthe
followingsituations:
—Whenincreasedattentionisneededfromthe
driver
—Inpoorweatherconditionssuchassnowor
heavyrain
—Whendrivingonroadsinpoorcondition
—Inconstructionzones
—Incitydriving
Trafficjamassistavailability:
IfyouareintheDriverassistancedisplayinthe
instrumentcluster,theindicatorlightandthe
messageTrafficjamassistavailableappearsif
trafficcongestionisdetected.Youcanopenthe
Driverassistancedisplayusingthemultifunction
steeringwheelbuttons>page15.Toactivate
trafficjamassist,youmustpressthe>fig.111
buttonandswitchontheadaptivecruisecontrol
=>page103.
Indicatorlights
BandB-Trafficjamassistisswitchedon.Ve-
hiclesdrivingahead weredetected.Yourvehicle
adaptswhiledriving>fig.112.
B-Trafficjamassistswitchesoffifthedriver
doesnottakeoversteeringaftermultipledriver
intervention requests.Thesystembrakes theve-
hicleuntilit isstationary.

ZAWARNING
Alwayskeepyourhandsonthesteeringwheel
soyoucanbereadytosteeratanytime.The
driverisalwaysresponsibleforstayingina
laneandforassessingtrafficsituations.Read
andfollowthewarningson>A\inGeneral>

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informationonpage102.Neverusetraffic
jamassistinthefollowingsituationsoryou
willincreasetheriskofanaccident:
—Drivingoffroadoronunpavedroads.Traffic
jamassistisonlydesignedforuseonpaved
roads.
—Incitydrivingorinconstructionzones
—Onstretchesofroadwithcurves
—Innarrowlanes
—Inuncleartrafficsituationssuchasatinter-
sectionsortollstations
@)Tips
Youarenotnecessarilyguidedtothe center
ofyourlane.
PMENAemer)
Appliesto:vehicleswithAudiadaptivecruisecontrol

Thisfunctionmeasuresthetimebetweentheve-
hicle
drivingaheadandshowsthisintheinstru-
mentclusterdisplay.


Fig.113Instrumentcluster:distanceindicator/warning
Description
Atspeedsaboveapproximately40mph(65
km/h),thisfunctionmeasuresthedistancetothe
vehicleaheadastime.
>Switchtheadaptivecruisecontroldisplayonin
theinstrumentclusterdisplay>page15.
TheBindicatorlightturnsonifyoufallbelow
thesetdistance.
Settingthewarningthreshold
Youcanset,changeordeletethewarningthresh-
oldintheInfotainmentsystem.

>IntheInfotainmentsystem,select:[MENU
button>Vehicle>leftcontrolbutton>Driver
assistance>Distancewarning.


ZAWARNING
—Readandfollowthewarningson>A\in
Generalinformationonpage102.
—Thedriverisalwaysresponsibleforadhering
totheregulationsapplicableinthecountry
wherethevehicleisbeingoperated.
@)Tips
Youmayfallbelowhewarningthreshold
brieflywhenpassingorwhenquicklyap-
proachingaslowvehicle.Thereisnowarning
inthisscenario.Awarningisgivenonlyifyou
fallbelowthewarningthresholdforanex-
tendedperiodoftime.
Appliesto:vehicleswithAudiadaptivecruisecontrol

ACCwithtrafficjamassist:unavailable.See
owner'smanual
Thesystemcannotguaranteethatitwilldetect
vehiclescorrectlyandithasswitchedoff.Thera-
darsensorshaveshiftedor arefaulty.Drivetoan
authorizedAudidealerorauthorizedAudiService
Facilityimmediatelytohave themalfunctioncor-
rected.
ACCwithtrafficjamassist:currentlyun-
available.Seeowner'smanual
Thismessageappearsiftheadaptivecruisecon-
trolcannot beactivated,forexampleifthehood
isopen.
ACCw.trafficjamassist:currentlyunavaila-
ble.Sensorvisionrestrictedduetosurround-
ings.Seeowner'smanual
Thismessageappearsiftheradarsensorviewis
obstructed,forexamplebyleaves,snow,heavy
sprayordirt.Cleanthesensors>page102,
fig.101.
ACCwithtrafficjamassist:currentlyun-
available.Gradetoosteep
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