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Fuses
Driver side cockpit fuse
assignment
Fig . 209 Driver side cockp it: fuse panel with plastic bracket
Fuse panel @ (black)
No . Equipment
Electromechanical power steering, trailer
1 hitch, ionizer, switch strip, seat heating
(rear), electromechanical parking brake
Horn, climate control system, Gateway,
2 automatic dimming interior rearv iew mir·
ror
4 Park ing aid, headlight range adjustment
5 Dynamic steering, Electron
ic Stabilization
Control (ESC)
6 Headlights
7 Adaptive cruise control
8 Front passenger's seat sensors, airbag
9 Gateway
10 Engine sound, night vision
assist, garage
door opener (Home Link), parking aid
11 Video camera
image processing
12 Headlights
13 Steering column switch module
14 Terminal 15 (luggage compartment)
250
Fuse panel
@ (black)
15 Terminal 15 (engine compartment)
16 Starter
Fuse panel @ (brown)
No. Equipment
1 Infotainment
2 Infotainment
3 F
ron t passenger's seat
5 Airbag, Elect
ronic Stabilization Control
(ESC)
6 Anti·theft alarm system
7 Electromechanical parking brake
8 Inter ior lights
9
Windshield video camera heating, light/
rain sensor
10 Lumbar support (driver's seat)
11 Driver's seat
12 Electronic stabilization control
13 Horn
14 Headlights
15 Front
seat heating
16 Dynamic steering
Fuse panel © (red)
No . Equipment
1 Clutch pedal
2 Fuel pump
3 Brake light sensor
4 AdBlue (diesel
engine)/engine acoustics
5 Rear door
6 Front
door
7 Electronic stab ilizat ion control
8 Windshield wiper motor
9 Headlight washer system
10 Interior
lighting, climate control system
11 Headlights
12 Sunroof
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Fuses
Fuse panel@ (red ) Fuse panel® (black)
10 Rear seat enterta inment No. Equipment
12
Rea r spo ile r (Sportbac k), t ilt/open sun-
roof, P anorama glass roof 1 Rear window defogge
r
Fuse panel © (brown)
No . Equipment
1 Infotainment
2 In fota inment
3
Infotainment , automatic d imm ing inter ior
rearv iew mir ror
4 Rearview camera/peripheral cameras
s TV t uner
6 Tank leak detection system
7 Sockets
8 Park ing heater
10 Lumb ar su ppo rt (front passenger 's seat)
12 In fotainment
Fuse panel @ (black)
No. Equipment
Air suspe nsio n, ad aptive dampers, sport
1 different ia l, elect romech anic al par king
brake
2
Clutch pedal position sensor/automa tic
t ransmission
3 Seats
4 Rea r wiper (Avant)
5 Side assist
6 Engine sound
7 In fota inment/so und amplif ier
8 Ga tew ay
9 Sport differential
1 0 Climate cont rol sys tem
1 1
T ire pressure monitoring system/park ing
heater
12 S tar t/S to p sys tem
Fuse panel © (black)
No. Equipment
1 Special purpose vehicles/ rear seats
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scope of maintenance and repairs which can be
carried out by vehicle owners.
Also, safet y and
en vir onm enta l
concerns place very strict limits
on the nature of repairs and adjustments to en
g ine and transm ission parts wh ich an owner c an
perform .
Maintenance, adjustments and repairs usually re
qu ire special tools, test ing devices and other
equ ipment available to specially trained work
shop perso nnel i n order to assure proper per
forma nce, re liability and safety of the ve hicle and
i ts many systems.
Improper maintenance, adjustments and repairs
can impair the operation and reliability of your
vehicle and even void your veh icle warranty.
Therefore, proof of se rvicing in accordance with
the ma intenance sc hedule may be a condition for
upho ld ing a possib le wa rranty claim made wi thin
the warranty pe riod.
Above all , operational safety can be adversely af
fected, creating unnecessa ry risks fo r you and
your p assengers.
If in doubt about any se rvicing, have it done by
your author ized Audi dealer or any other properly
eq uipped and qua lified workshop. We strongly
urge yo u to g ive your author ized Audi dealer the
opport unity to perform a ll scheduled ma inte
nance and necessary repairs . Your dealer has the
facilities, origina l parts and trained specialists to
keep your veh icle running properly .
Performing limited maintenance yourself
The follow ing pages des cribe a lim ited number of
p rocedures w hich can be per formed o n your veh i
cle with ordinary tools, should the need arise and
trained personnel be unavailable . Before per
forming any of these procedures, always thor
ough ly read a ll of the app licab le text and carefu l
ly follow the instructions g iven . Always rigorously
observe the
WARNING S provided .
Before you check anything in the engine com ·
partment , always read and heed all WARNINGS
c:> &. and c:> &. in Working in the engine compart
ment on page 203.
Con sumer inf ormation
A WARNING
- Ser ious personal in jury may occur as a result
of improperly performed maintenance, ad
justments or re pairs .
- Always be extremely careful when work ing
on the vehicle. Always follow commonly ac
cepted safety practices and general com mo n sense. Never risk pe rsonal injury.
- Do not attempt any of the mai ntenance,
checks or repairs described on t he following
pages if you are not fu lly familiar wi th these
or other proce dures with respect to the ve
h icle, o r are uncerta in how to pro ceed.
- Do not do a ny work withou t the prope r tools
a nd eq uipment. H ave the necessary wo rk
done by your au thorized Audi dealer or an
other proper ly equipped and qualified work
shop.
- The engine compa rtment of any motor ve hi
cle is a potent ially hazardous area . Never
reach into the area around or touch the radi
ator fan.
It is temperature controlled and
can switch o n suddenly - even when the en
g ine is off . The radiato r fan switches on au
tomatically when the coolan t reaches a cer
tain tempe ra ture and w ill cont inue to run
until the coolant temperature d rops.
- Always sw itch off the ignition before anyone
gets under the vehicle .
- Always support your veh icle with safety
s tands if it is necessary to work underneat h
the vehicle . The jack supp lied with t he veh i
cle is no t adequ ate for t his pu rpose and
could collapse ca us ing serious personal in
jury.
- If you m ust wor k unde rne ath the vehicle
with the wheels on the ground, always make
sure the vehicle is on level ground, that the
wheels a re always sec urely blocked and that
the engine cannot be started.
- Always make sure the transmission se lector
lever (automatic t ransmiss ion) is in P (Park
position) and the pa rk brake is applied .
II>
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Anti-theft systems Electronic immobilizer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Ashtray . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
Audi drive select
refer to Drive select . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95
Audi Service Repair Manuals and Literature 262
AUTO 4-z one deluxe automatic climate control . . 68
Automatic headlights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Auto Lock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Automatic belt retractor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130
Automatic post-collision brak ing system . . 181
Automatic Shift Lock (ASL) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102
Automatic transmission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101
Automatic Shift Lock (ASL) . . . . . . . . . . . . 102
Driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103
E mergency mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105
Emergency release . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106
Kick-down . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105
Manual shift program . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105
Selector lever . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101
Automatic wipe/wash system . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Auto Safety Hotline . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125
Average consumption . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Average speed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Avoid damaging the vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . 188
B
Battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 212
Charge level . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 186
Charg ing ... .. ............... .. .... . 214
Energy management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 186
I mportant warn ings .......... .. .. .. . 213
Jump starting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 253
Location . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 213
Replacing the battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 215
Winter operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 212
Working on the battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 213
Before driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118
Belt tensioners . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133
Blended gasoline . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 198
Blower (4-zone deluxe automatic climate con-
trol) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
Boost display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Booster seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 168
Boost pressure indicator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Index
Brake fluid
Changing the brake fluid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 212
Checking the brake fluid level . . . . . . . . . . 211
Brakes Indicator light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Brake system Anti-lock braking system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Brake booster . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 183
Brake fluid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 211
Brake fluid specifications for refill and re
placement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 212
Brake power assist unit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 182
Brakes..... ... .. .. ................ . 182
Electromechanical parking brake . . . . . . . . 7 4
Fluid reservoir . .. .. ............... .. 211
Warning/indicator lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Worn brake pads symbol . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Braking Brake assist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 180
Emergency braking function . . . . . . . . . . . . 76
Braking guard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79
Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86
Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86
Break-in period
Brake pads . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 182
T ires ......... .... ................ .
Breaking in
New tires
C
188
188
225
California Proposition 65 Warning . . . . . . . 204
Battery specific . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 214
Capacities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 260
Engine oil . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 205
Car carrier Transporting your vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . 256
Care . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 193
Cargo area . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124
Cargo net . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
Catalytic converter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 189
Center armrest Cockpit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
Central locking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Emergency locking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Power windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Setting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Sunroof. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
267
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Index
Certification . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 265
Changing eng ine o il . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 208
Checking Eng ine coolant level. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 209
C hil d rest raints
D anger of using ch ild restraints in the front
seat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136
Where can I get additional informat ion
about child restraints and their use? . . . . 176
Ch ild rest raint system anchors . . . . . . . . . . 172
C hi ld safety . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 9
I mportant safety inst ructions for using chi ld
safety sea ts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 162
I mportant things to know w hen driv ing wi th
children . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 159
Tether anchors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 5
Tether straps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 175
C hil d safety lock
Rea r doo rs , windows in the rea r . . . . . . . . . 39
Ch ild safety seats
Booster seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 168
Conve rt ible ch ild seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 166
Conve rt ible locking retra ctor . . . . . . . . . . 17 1
H ow do I proper ly install a child safe ty seat
in my ve hicle? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 162
I nfant seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 165
Insta lling a child restraint using the LA TCH
system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 4
LATCH system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 174
Lower anchorages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 173
Mounting and releasing the anchorage
hook . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 174
Safety inst ructions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 162
Unused safety bel ts on t he rear seat . . . . 164
Ch ild seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 165
Secur ing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 169
Cigarette lighter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
Clean ing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 193
Clean ing/remov ing ice from windows . . . . . 195
Clean ing Alcant ara . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 196
Clea ning artificial leather............... 196
Clean ing carbon parts . . . . . . . . . . . . . 195, 196
Clea ning contro ls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 195
Clea ning decorative parts and trim . . . . . . . 195
Clea ning displays . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 195
Clea ning exha ust ta il pipes . . . . . . . . . . . . . 194
Clean ing plast ic parts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 195
268
Cleaning r ims . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 194
Cleaning textiles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 196
Closing Su nroof. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Windows ........................... 39
Coming home . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Compartments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
Compliance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 265
Cons umer in fo rma tion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 262
Cons umer Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125
Cons umption (fuel) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Contacting NHTSA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125
Convenience key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Start ing the engine (START ENGINE STOP
button) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72
Stopp ing the eng ine (START ENGINE S TO P
button) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
Swi tc hin g the igni tion on . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72
U nlocking and locking vehi cle . . . . . . . . . . . 3 4
Convenience open ing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Convertible child safety seats . . . . . . . . . . . 166
Convertible locking ret rac to r
Activ ati ng . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 171
Deact ivating . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 172
U sing to secure a chi ld safety seat . . . . . . 171
Coo lant
refer to E ng ine coolant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 209
Cooling mode (4-zone deluxe automatic cli-
mate contro l) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
Cooling system Ind icator light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
C rossing water . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 188
Cruise control
Swi tching off . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78
War ning/ indica to r li ghts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Cruise contro l system
Changi ng speed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77
Preselecting speed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77
switching on . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77
(upholder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
Curren t consumpt io n . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Curve light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95
Cylinder management
refer to Cyli nder on demand system . . . . . . 23
Cyl inder on demand system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
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D
Data recorder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 179
Date display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Daytime running lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Declaration of compliance
Adapt ive cruise control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 265
Audi side assist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 265
Cell phone package . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 265
Convenience key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 265
Electronic immobilizer. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 265
Garage door opener (Homelink) . . . . . . . . 265
Remote control key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 265
Tire pressure monitoring system . . . . . . . 265
Defective light bulb warning Indicator light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Defrosting (windows)
Deluxe automatic climate control . . . . . . . .
69
DEF (instrument cluster) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Determining correct load limit ... .. .. .. . 231
Dimensions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 260
Dimming the rearview mirror . . . . . . . . . . . .
48
Distance driven . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Door/rear lid warning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Doors Child safety lock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Driver information system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Boost . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
CD/radio display. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Door/rear lid warning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Efficiency program . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Engine oil temperature display . . . . . . . . . . 26
Exterior temperature display . . . . . . . . . . . 22
On-board computer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Service interval display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 216
Shifting indicator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Driver seating position . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
119
drive select
adaptive air suspension/sport . . . . . . . . . . . 95
Adaptive dampers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95
Curve light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95
Engine sound . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95
Safety belt tensioner . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95
Sport differential . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95
Drive select . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95
Driving economically . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
190
Driving safely . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118
Index
Driving through water . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 188
Driving time . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Duplicate key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Dust filter
refer to Pollutant filter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
Dynam ic steering
Indicator light
E
184
Easy seat entry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72
Economy tips (efficiency program) . . . . . . . . 24
Efficiency program . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Electromechanical parking brake Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
74
Releasing and closing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 4
Warning/indicator lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
14
Electromechanical steering . . . . . . . . . . . . . 184
Indicator light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 184
Electronic differential lock
Indicator light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
18
Electronic Differential Lock . . . . . . . . . . . . . 180
Electronic differential lock (EDL)
Warning/indicator lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Electronic immobilizer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Electronic power control (EPC)
warning/ind icator light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
19
Electronic stabili zation control
Indicator light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
18
Electronic Stabilization Contro l . . . . . . . . . . 180
Sport mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 181
Emergency actuation
Doors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Emergency flasher . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
46
Warning/indicator lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Emergency operation Emergency braking function (parking brake) .7.6
Fuel filler door . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
201
Luggage compartment lid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Sunroof . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
41
Emergency release
Selector lever . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106
Emergency starting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 253
Energy management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
186
Engine
Compartment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 205
Coolant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 209
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Key replacement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Master key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
M echanical key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Replac ing the battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Kick-down tiptron ic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105
Knee airbags . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 1
D escr ipt io n . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151
H ow t hey wo rk . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 2
I mport ant safety ins truc tions . . . . . . . . . . 15 3
L
Lane assist
refer to A ct ive lane assis t . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88
Lap t imer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
E valuating t imes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
P aus ing timing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Starting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
LATCH .............................. 172
Descr ipt io n . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 173
Installing a child restraint ............ . 174
L ocation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 173
M ount ing and releasing the anchorage
hook . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 174
Leather care/cleaning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 196
L eaving home . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 5
Lifting jack . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24 5
Light Ambient lighting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Com ing/Leav ing home ... ... ... .. .. .. .. 45
Daytime runni ng lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
E me rgency flashe rs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
H eadlig ht assistant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
H igh beam . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
I n terior/reading lig hts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 6
L ow beams . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Parking lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Rear fog lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Turn signa ls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
44
Light/ rain sensor
Headlig hts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 3
Indicator light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Intermittent (w indshield wipers) . . . . . . . . 49
Lighting Exterior . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
I nterior . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
272
Lights
Head light range cont rol system . . . . . . . . .
43
Load ing the roof rac k . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
Locking
Power lock ing switc h . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Remote control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
U sing the key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Low beam Ind icator light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Low beams . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Lowe r universal anchorages (Canada) . . . . . 172
Luggage compartment 12 Vo lt socket . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
Cargo net . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
Cover ..... ... ... ... ...... ....... .. .. 63
E nla rgi ng . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
Load ing ...... ... .... ..... ...........
62
Revers ib le mat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
Ski sa ck . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
Storing c argo cor rec tly . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124
Stowing luggage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124
Tie-downs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
Tr unk pass-throug h . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
66
Luggage compartmen t lid
Closi ng b utton . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Emergency release . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
movement-activated opening . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Opening/closing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Lumbar sup port
Front seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
M
Maintenance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 262
Maintenance intervals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 216
Malfunc tion Ind icator Lamp (M IL) . . . . . 19, 28
Manua l shift p rogram . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105
Massage function Front seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
Mech anica l key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Memory f unct io n
56
Mirror Vanity mirror . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Mir rors
dimming . ... .. .. .. .. ... .. ..... ... .. . 48
Exterior mi rro rs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Monito ring the Advanced Airbag System . . 146
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Multifunction steering wheel . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
N
Natural leather care/cleaning
NH TSA 196
Contacting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125
Night vision assist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98
Cleaning the camera . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 194
Number of seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127
0
Occupant seating posit ions . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119
Octane rating . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 198
Odometer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
OFF (4-zone deluxe automatic climate con-
trol) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
Oi l
refer to Engine oil . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 205
Oi l change interval . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 216
On-board computer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
On-Board Diagnostic System (OBD) Data Link Connector (DLC) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Malfunction Indicator Lamp (MIL) . . . . . . . 28
Open door/hood/rear lid warning . . . . . . . . . 22
Opening . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
H ood . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 203
L uggage compartment lid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Sunroof . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Windows . ... ................ ..... .. 39
Other consumers (efficiency program) . . . . . 24
Outlet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
Owner 's Literature
5
p
Paint damage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 195
Paint No. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 259
Parking Automatic transmiss ion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103
Parking aid
C leaning sensors/camera . . . . . . . . . . . . . 194
Parking brake . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74
Emergency braking function . . . . . . . . . . . . 76
Parking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
Index
Starting from a stop . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
also refer to Electromechanical
parking brake . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74
Parking lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Parking system Adjusting the display/warning tone . . . . . 116
Cleaning the rearview camera . . . . . . . . . . 109
Malfunction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117
Parking system plus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108
Peripheral came ras . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112
Peripheral display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108
also refer to Parking systems . . . . . . 108, 109
Parking systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107
Rearv iew camera . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109
Parts replacement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 264
Pass-through with ski sack . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
PASSENGER AIR BAG OFF light . . . . . . . . . . 147
Passenger protection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 177
Pedals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123
Pedestrian detection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98
Peripheral display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108
Physical principles of a frontal collision . . . 128
Polishing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 195
Po llen fi lter
refer to Pollutant filter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
Pol lutant filter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
Power Windows . .... .. .. ............... .. . 39
Power locking system Locking/unlocking the vehicle from inside . 35
Unlocking and locking vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Power seat adjustment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
Power windows Child safety lock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Convenience opening . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Malfunction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Pregnant women Special considerations when wearing a safe-
ty belt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132
Pre sense . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 177
Pretensioners Pre sense . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 177
Preventative passenger protection . . . . . . . 177
Proper occupant seating positions . . . . . . . 119
Proper safety be lt pos ition . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131
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Index
Proper seating position Front passenger . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120
Occupants .. .. .. ................ ... . 119
Rear passengers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121
Protecting 195
Q
quattro (all wheel drive) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 184
Question What happens to unbelted occupants? 128
R
Radiator fan
211
Ra in/light sensor
Headlights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Indicator light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Intermittent (windshield wipers) . . . . . . . . 49
Ra is ing the veh icle .. ........... .... ... 257
Range (fuel level)) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Reading lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Rear fog lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Rear light
Indicator light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Rear shelf . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
Rear spoiler . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 185
Rearview camera
refer to Parking systems . . . . . . . . . . 108, 109
Rear view mirror . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
Rear window defogger (4-zone deluxe auto
mat ic cl imate contro l) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
Recirculation mode (4-zone deluxe automatic
climate control) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
Recuperation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Refuelling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 200
Remote control Garage door opener (Home link) . . . . . . . . . 41
Unlocking and locking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Remote control key
LED . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Replacing the battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Repair manuals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 262
Repairs Airbag system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 150
Replacing windshield wiper blades . . . . . . . . 50
Repo rting Safety Defects . . . . . . . . . . . 125, 126
274
Reset button (trip odometer) . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Resetting the trip odometer . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Residual heat (4-zone deluxe automatic cli-
mate control) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
Retractor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130
Reversible mat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
Rims ......... ... .. .. ............... 232
Roof rack . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
Load ing... .... .. .. .. ............. ... 62
Roof weight . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
s
Safe driving habits
Safety 118
Airbag system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135
Belts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127
Cargo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124
Correct seating pos ition . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119
Pedal area . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123
Safety belt position . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131
Safety be lt height adjustment . . . . . . . . . 132
Safety belts worn by pregnant women . . . 132
Safety belt pretensioner
Service and disposal. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134
Safety belts ...................... 127, 130
Cleaning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 195
Danger to passengers who do not wear a
safety belt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128
Fastening . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130
Height adjustment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132
Improperly worn . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133
Not worn . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128
Safety belt pos ition . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131
Safety instructions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129
Securing child safety seats . . . . . . . . . . . . 169
Special considerations for pregnant wom- en . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132
Unfastening . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132
Warning/indicator light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127
Warning light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Worn properly . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129
Safety belt tensioner drive select . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95
Safety belt warning light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127
Safety compliance sticker . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 259
Safety equipment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118
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Index
Storage compartments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
Sto rage hooks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
Sunroof . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Convenience opening . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Eme rgency closi ng . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Sun shade . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 9
Sun viso rs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Symbo ls
refer to Warning/indicator lights . . . . . . . . 11
T
Tachometer .. .. ................. 10, 11, 22
T ail lights
C lea ning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 194
Technical data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 259
Technical modifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 264
T empe rature disp lay . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 2
Coolan t . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Temperature ind icator
E ng ine oil . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Tether anchors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 5
T ether strap . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 5
Tie-downs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64, 125
Time ... .. .... .. ... .. ..... ... .. .. .... 25
T ips fo r the e nvir onment
Saving fue l . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 2
tiptron ic (automatic transmission) . . . 101, 105
Tire Mobility System (tire repair set) . . . . . . 239
T ires ....... ... .. ............ .... ... . 218
All whee l drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 184
L ow aspec t rat io tires . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 234
Repair se t . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 239
R ep lac ing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24 3
Service life . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 226
T ire press ure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 228
Tire pressu re monitor ing system . . . . . . . 235
Tire pressure table . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 229
Treadwear indicators . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 226
Unid irectional. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 220
Uniform t ire quality g rad ing . . . . . . . . . . . 234
Tires and wheels Glossary of tire and load ing terminology . 220
Tires and vehicle load lim its . . . . . . . . . . . 230
Tool . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 239
T o rn o r frayed safety be lts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129
276
Towing
Tow t rucks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 255
Tow ing loop
TPMS 2
55, 256
Ind icator light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 238
Tra in (transporting your veh icle) . . . . . . . . . 256
Transmission ma lfunction (indicator light) . 105
Transpo rt Canada . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126
Tr anspo rting yo ur vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 256
Trunk
refer to L uggage compa rtment . . . . . . . . . . 62
Trunk pass-through . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66
Turn signals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Warn ing/ indica tor lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
u
Un fastening safety belts
Un iform tire qua lity grading
Un locking 132
234
Power locking switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Remote contro l . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
U sing the key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
V
Vanity mirror . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Vehicle Care/cleaning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 193
Out of service . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 190
Vehicle control modules . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 179
Vehicle e lectr ica l system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Vehicle iden tifica tion labe l . . . . . . . . . . . . . 259
Vehicle Identification Number (VIN) . . . . . . 259
Vehicle jack . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 239, 245
Vehicle tool ki t . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 239
Vehicle transport . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 256
Ven tilat ion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 7
w
Warning/ indica to r li ghts
A irbag sys tem . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
An ti-lock b raking system (A BS) . . . . . . . . . . 18
B rake system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Cruise cont rol . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
E lectromechanical parking brake . . . . . . . . 14
E lectronic power contro l . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19