light AUDI Q5 2019 Workshop Manual

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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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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.

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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.

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@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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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.>

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Trafficjamassist
Appliesto:vehicleswithtrafficjamassist
Trafficjamassistsupportsthedriverwhendriv-
ingintrafficjamsorinheavytraffic.

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Fig.111Turnsignallever:trafficjamassistbutton
RAH-8657


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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Theroadexceedsthemaximumpossiblegrade
forsafeoperation.Thesystemscannotbeswitch-
edon.
ACCwithtrafficjamassist:onlyavailablein
D,SorM
Selectthe"D/S"or"M"selectorleverposition.
ACCwithtrafficjamassist:currentlyun-
available.Parkingbrakeapplied
Thesystemsswitchoffifyousettheparking
brake.Thesystemsareavailableagainafteryou
releasetheparkingbrake.
ACCwithtrafficjamassist:currentlyun-
available.Stabilizationcontrol(ESC)input
ThismessageappearsiftheElectronicStabiliza-
tionControl(ESC)istakingactiontostabilizethe
vehicle.Thesystemsswitchoffinthisscenario.
ACCwithtrafficjamassist:manualcontrol!
Thismessageappearsifthevehiclerollsback
whenstartingonaslightincline,eventhoughthe
systemsareactive.Pressthebrakepedaltopre-
vent thevehiclefromrollingorstartingtomove.
ACCwithtrafficjamassist:currentlyun-
available.Downhillassistactivated
Youcannotactivatethesystemwhenhillholdas-
sistisactive.
ACCwithtrafficjamassist:currentlyun-
available.Parkassistactivated
ThesystemsswitchoffwhenParkassist*isac-
tive.Thesystemsareavailableagainaftercom-
pletingtheparkingprocess.
ACCwithtrafficjamassist:manualcontrol!
Thismessageappearsifthedriverdoesnottake
oversteeringaftermultipledriverintervention
requestsandthesystemswitchesoff.Thevehicle
brakesuntilitisstationary.
Trafficjamassist:unavailable.Seeowner's
manual
Thesystemcannolongerensurethatthevehicle
willstayinthelaneandswitchesoff.Haveyour
vehiclecheckedbyanauthorizedAudidealeror
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authorizedAudiServiceFacilityifthemalfunc-
tioniscontinuous.
Trafficjamassist:Pleasetakeoversteering!
Thismessageappearsassoonasthesystem
stopsdetectingsteeringactivitywhenthesystem
limitsarereached.Alwayskeep yourhandson
thesteeringwheelsoyoucanbereadyto steerat
anytime.
Trafficjamassist:currentlyunavailable.
Pleasefastenseatbelt
Thesystemswitchesoffwhenthedriver'ssafety
beltisunfastened.
ACC:efficiencyassistnotavailableinthis
country
Theadaptationtospeedlimitsandroutesahead
isnotavailableinthiscountry.
ACC:predictivecontrolcurrentlyunavaila-
ble.Seeowner'smanual
Theadaptationtospeedlimitsandroutesahead
switchesoffatspeedlimitsunder20mph
(30km/h).
Themessagecanalsoappeariftheadaptationto
speedlimitsandroutesaheadhasatemporary
failure.Haveyourvehiclecheckedby anauthor-
izedAudidealerorauthorizedAudiServiceFacili-
tyifthe malfunctioniscontinuous.
Distancewarning:malfunction!Pleasecontact
Service
Thesystemcannotguaranteethatitwilldetect
vehiclescorrectlyandithasswitchedoff.Thera-
darsensorshaveshiftedor arefaulty.Drivetoan
authorizedAudidealerorauthorizedAudiService
Facilityimmediatelytohave the malfunctioncor-
rected.
Distancewarning:currentlyunavailable.Sensor
viewrestrictedduetosurroundings.Seeown-
er'smanual
Thismessageappearsiftheradarsensorviewis
obstructed,forexamplebyleaves,snow,heavy
sprayordirt.Cleanthesensors>page102,
fig.101.

Assistsystems

Thefollowingfunctionscanbetriggeredunder
certainconditionswithinthelimitsofthesys-
tem:
—Tensioningofthesafetybelts(forexample,
duringheavybraking):thefront safetybelts
havereversiblebelttensioners.Ifacollision
doesnotoccur,thesafetybeltsloosenslightly
andarereadytotriggeragain.
—Closingthewindowsandsunroof*
—Activationofthe emergencyflashers)
ThemessageAudipresenseA=page112,
fig.114willwarnyouaboutthedanger.
Audidriveselect*:thetriggertimesareadjusted
dependingonthemodeselected.
ONmeals
Appliesto:vehicleswithAudipresensefront
Audipresense

Fig.114Instrumentcluster:approachwarning
Description
Withinthelimitsofthesystem,presensefront
canwarnyouofimpendingcollisionsandinitiate
thecorrespondingbrakingmaneuversorthesup-
portingmeasureswhenavoidingacollision.
Ifdetectedintime,thesystemcanrankthedan-
geroussituationascriticalifavehicledriving
aheadbrakessuddenly,ifyourownvehicleisap-
proachingasignificantlyslowervehicleathigh
speedorwhenthereisanoncomingvehicledur-
ingaturningmaneuver.
Ifdetectionisnotpossible,thenpresensefront
doesnotreact.

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Warnings
Thesystemrecognizesvariousdangeroussitua-
tions.Theearlywarningoccursif:
—Avehicledrivingaheadbrakessuddenly
—Yourownvehicleapproachesasignificantly
slowervehicleorstationaryvehicleinthedirec-
tionoftravel
Whenthiswarningoccurs,itmayonlybepossi-
ble
to avoidacollisionbyswervingorbraking
strongly.ThemessageAudipresenseA
=>fig.114andawarningtonewillwarnyou
aboutthedanger.
Ifyoudonotreactenoughornotatalltoadan-
geroussituationthatwasdetectedbythesys-
tem,presensefrontprovidesassistancebyap-
plyingthebrakes.
If acollisionisimminent,thesystemwillfirst
providean acutewarningbybrakingsharply.You
willalsowarnedbyanindicatorintheinstrument
clusterdisplay>fig.114.Ifyoudonotreactto
theacutewarning,presensefrontcanbrakewith
increasingforcewithinthelimitsofthesys-
tem)).Thisreducesthevehiclespeedinthe
eventofacollision.Atlowvehiclespeeds,pre
sensefrontcaninitiateacompletedeceleration
shortlybeforeacollisionwithavehicledriving
ahead).Ifpresensefrontdeterminesthatyou
arenotbrakingstronglyenoughwhenacollision
isimminent,itcanincreasethebrakingforce.
Thefollowingfunctionstriggerinconjunction
withpresensebasic/rearatcorrespondingvehi-
clespeeds:
—Reversibletensioning ofthefront safetybelts
—Closingthewindowsandsunroof*
Audidriveselect*:dependingontheselected
mode,thereversiblebelttensionerandtheclos-
ingofthewindowsandsunroof*arenotactive.
Evasivesteeringsupport
Evasive steeringsupporthelpsyouto steerthe
vehiclearoundanobstacleinacriticalsituation.
Ifyouavoidanobstacleaftertheacutewarning,
thentheevasive steeringsupportassistsyouby>

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applyingslightsteeringadjustmenttocorrect
yoursteeringwheelangleaslongasyouareac-
tivelysteering.Evasive steeringsupportisavaila-
bleatspeedsbetweenapproximately20mph
(30km/h)and90mph(150km/h).
Turnassist
Whenstartingtodriveanduptospeedsofmaxi-
mum6mph(10km/h),theturnassistusesa
brakinginterventiontopreventyourvehiclefrom
collidingwithanoncomingvehiclewhenturning
leftorright (availableincertaincountries).The
brakinginterventioncausesyourvehicleto stay
initslane.

ZAWARNING
—Presensefrontcannotovercomethelawsof
physics.Itisasystemdesignedtoassistand
itcannotpreventacollisionineverycircum-
stance.Thedrivermustalwaysintervene.
Thedriverisalwaysresponsibleforbraking
atthecorrecttime.Donotlettheincreased
safetyprovidedtemptyouintotakingrisks.
Thiscouldincreaseyourriskofacollision.
— Thesystemcandeployincorrectlydueto
system-specificlimits.
—Pleasenotethatthesensorsandthecamera
donotalwaysdetectallobjects or lane
markings.This increasestheriskofanacci-
dent.
—Presensefrontdoesnotreacttopeople,an-
imalsor objectsthatarecrossingthevehi-
cle'spathorthataredifficulttodetect>AV
inGeneralinformationonpage102.
—Reflectiveobjectssuchasguardrailsorthe
entrancetoatunnel,heavyrainandicecan
affectthefunction oftheradarsensorsand
thesystem'sabilitytodetectacollisionrisk.

C)Note
Thesensorscan bedisplacedbyimpactsor
damagetothebumper,wheelhousingand
underbody.Presensefrontcanbeimpairedby
this.HaveanauthorizedAudidealerorau-
thorizedAudiServiceFacilitychecktheirfunc-
tion.

D_Thisisnotavailableinsomecountries.
@Tips
—Youcancancelthebrakingwithincreasing
forcethatisinitiatedbythesystembybrak-
ing yourself,byacceleratingnoticeablyorby
swerving.
—Keepinmindthatpresensefrontcanbrake
unexpectedly.Alwayssecureanycargoor
objects
thatyouaretransportingtoreduce
the
riskofdamageorinjury.
—Specificpresensefrontfunctionsswitchoff
whentheESCisrestrictedorswitchedoff
=>page145orthehillholdassistisswitch-
edon>page146.
Audipresenserear
Appliesto:vehicleswithAudiside assist
Iftheriskofacollisionwithavehicleaheadisde-
tected,thefollowing functionscanbetriggered:
—Reversibletensioning ofthefrontsafetybelts
atthecorrespondingspeeds.
—Closingthewindowsandsunroof*
—Activatingtheemergencyflashersandmaking
themflashmorequickly
ThemessageAudipresensewB=>page112,
fig.114willwarnyouaboutthedanger.
Audidriveselect*:thefunctionisnotactivede-
pendingonthemodeselected.

Z\WARNING
—Toreducetheriskofanaccident,please
notethatthesideassist*radarsensorsdo
notalwaysdetecteveryobject.
—Presensereardoesnotreacttopeople,ani-
malsorobjectsthatarecrossingthevehi-
cle'spathorthataredifficulttodetect.
—Reflectiveobjectssuchasguardrails,heavy
rainandicecanimpairthefunction ofthe
radarsensorsandtheabilitytodetectacol-
lisionrisk.
CG)Note
Theradarsensorscan bedisplacedbyimpacts
ordamagetothebumper,wheelhousingand

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