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Ad Blue,/' Ad Blue: sy stem fault! No re start in
600 miles (1000 km ). See owner' s manual.
This mes sage appea rs when it is only poss ible to
d rive the d ist an ce ind icated in the dr iver informa­
tion system . Drive to the nearest autho rized Audi
dealer or authorized Audi Service Facility to have
the ma lfunction corrected . Otherwise the engine
w ill not start again if you stop it once the d is­
tance indicated has been driven .
Ad Blue: system fault . Engine start
not possible! See owner 's manual
This message appears if the sys tem has de te cted
that the tank was filled incorrectly or that there
is a malfunction. Drive immediately to the near­
est authorized Aud i dea ler or a uthorized Aud i
Service Facility to have the malfunction correct­
ed. Otherwise you will not be able to start the en­
g ine again once you stop it .
Filling AdBlue
Applies to vehicles: with selective catalyt ic redu ction
A special refill bottle must be used to fill the
AdBlue.
F ig. 1 89 Right rear s ide of t he veh icle: remov ing the AdB l·
ue cap
F ig. 190 Ad Blue filler neck: insert ing refill bottle
Checking and Filling
T he Ad Blue tank open ing is located near the d ie ­
sel tank opening. Add at least 1 gallon (3.8 lit­
ers) of Ad B lue (two bottles) . This is the min imum
amount required to ensure the system detects
the refilling and to start the engine. You can add a max imum of approximately 4 gallons (15 l it ­
ers).
Opening the filler neck and refilling AdBlue
with a bottle
Requireme nt: T he request to add AdBlue must
appear in the instrument cluster disp lay .
.. Park your veh icle on a level s urface.
• Switch the ignit ion off.
• Open the tank door¢
page 230.
• Turn the cap on the tank opening to the left to
remove ¢
fig. 189.
• Remove the cap from the ref ill bo ttle.
• Posi tion the refill bo ttle on the fil le r tube and
turn the bottle clockwise until it stops t urning
• Press lightly against the bottom of the bottle
@ to empty it. Continue press ing the bottom
of the bottle until it is empty or until f luid
stops f low ing into the ta nk.
• Tu rn the bottle to t he left without pressing on
the bottom .
Closing the filler neck
.. Turn the Ad B lue cap to the right on the filler
tube until the cap clicks into place.
• Close the tank cover.
Afte r filling
The vehicle must be driven . The system may take
u p to two minutes to detect t hat the AdBl ue has
been filled.
• If the re w as no Ad B lue left in the tank and a
range of
O mi (0 km) was displayed in the in­
strument cluster, switch the ign it ion on for
about 30 seconds before starting the engine.
A WARNING
-Ad B lue can irritate the sk in, eyes and respira-
tory system . If there is contact with the flu id,
flus h immed iate ly w it h plenty of water. Con-
su lt a phys ic ian if necessa ry.
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Fuses and bulbs
-Some of the equipment listed in the follow­
ing tables applies only to certain mode l ver­
sions or certain optional equ ipment.
Interior fuse assignment
F ig. 226 Vehicle interior: fuse assignment
No. Equipment
Fl Engine components
F2 Seat adjustment
F3 Hydraulic pump
cover (Cabriolet)
F4 MMI control panel, MMI components
FS Gateway
F6 Selector lever (automatic transmiss
ion)
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F7 Climate/heating cont
rol, auxiliary heating,
rear window defogger relay
Diagnosis, electromechanical parking
brake switch, light switch , rain and light
F8 sensor, interior lighting commun ication
box (Plug-in hybrid drive*) ant i-theft alarm
system
F9 Steering column switch module
FlO Display
Fll Reversible driver's side safety belt tension-
ers
Fl2 MMI area
292
No.
Fl3
Fl4
FlS
Fl6
Fl7
Fl8
Fl9
F20
F23
F24
F25
F26
F27
F28
F29 F31
F32
F33
F34
F35
F36
F37
F38
F39
F40
F41
F42
Equipment
Adaptive dampers control module/ service plug (Plug-in hybrid dr ive")
Climate control system blower Electronic steering column lock
MMI area
Instrument cluster
Rearview camera
Convince key system control module, tank
system
Tank system Exterior lighting, heated washer fluid noz-
zles
Panorama sunroof/ power top control
module, power top latch (Cabriolet)
Door/dr iver's side doors (for example pow-
er windows)
Seat heating
Sound-amplifier
Power top control module, electro nics
(Cabriolet)
Interior lights
Exterior lighting
Driver assistance systems
A irbag
Button illumination, coils for upper cabin
heating relay (Cabriolet) and socket relay,
interior sound, reversing light switch, tern-
perature sensor
Function lighting, diagnosis, headlight
range control system, air quality sensor,
automat ic dimming rearv iew mirror
Right corneri ng light/ r ight LED-headlight
Left cornering light/ left LED-headlight
High-voltage battery (Plug- in hybrid
drive*)
Door/front passenger's side doors (for ex-
ample, power windows)
Sockets
Reversib le front passenger's side safety
belt tensioners
Central locking components, windshield
washer system

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refer to Adaptive light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Aud i connect e-tron services ..... .. .... .
Charg ing . .. .. .. ........... .. .. .... .
Climate control ...... .
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Doors and lights .................... .
Vehicle data
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Vehicle position ................ .... .
Vehicle status
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Aud i drive select
refer to Drive select ............ ..... .
Audi Service Repair Manuals and Literature
Audi side assist
refer to Side assist .......... .. .. .. .. .
AUTO
124
125
126
124
124
125 125
148
306
145
Automatic climate control system . . . . . . . 72
Automatic headlights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Auto Lock (central locking system) . . . . . . . . 36
Automatic belt retractor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 179
Automatic climate control system
refer to Climate control system (automatic) .7.2
Automatic headlights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Automatic post-collision braking system . . 159
Automatic transmission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89
Driving tips ... ................ ..... .. 91
Emergency mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95
Hill descent contro l . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93
Ignition key safety interlock . . . . . . . . . . . . 80
Kick-down · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · . .... .. 94
Launch Control -Program . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95
malfunction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90
Selector lever emergency re lease . . . . . . . . 96
Selector lever lock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90
Selector lever positions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89
Shifting manually . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94
Steering whee l with shift paddles. . . . . . . . 94
S tronic · . .. .. ................ ..... .. 89
tiptronic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94
Automatic wipe/wash system . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
Auto Safety Hotline . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 4
Auxiliary climate control 122
Auxiliary heater (vehicles w ith diesel eng ines) .7.5
Auxiliary heating/ air conditioning . . . . . . . 122
Average consumption . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Average speed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Index
B
Bag hooks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
Battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 247
Charge level . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 164
Charging . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20, 121, 249
Energy management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 164
Important warnings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 248
Indicator light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Jump starting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 295
Location · · .... .. .. ............... .. 248
Replacing the battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 250
Win ter operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 247
Working on the battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 248
Before driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 166
Belt tensioners . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 182
Blended gasoline . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 228
B lower
automatic Climate control system . . . . . . . 73
Manual climate control system........ .. 71
Boost . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Booster seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 218
Boost pressure indicator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Brake fluid Chang ing the brake flu id . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 246
Checking the brake fluid level . . . . . . . . . . 246
Brakes · · · · · .. .. .. .. 161
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Brake ass ist system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 159
Brake booster . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 161
Indicator light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
New brake pads . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 161
Brake system Brake fluid 246
Brake fluid specificat ions for refill and re­
placement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 246
Fluid reservoir . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 246
Worn brake pads symbol . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Braking Emergency braking function . . . . . . . . . . . . 87
Indicator light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Parking brake . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85
Starting on inclines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87
Break-in period . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77
Breaking in New tires 260
Bulbs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 294
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Index
C
California Proposition 65 Warning . . . . . . . 237
Battery specific . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 249
Capacities AdBlue ............................ 234
F uel tank. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 303
Washer fluid reservoir . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 303
Care . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 274
also refer to Cleaning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 274
Cargo area . .. .. ................... .. . 172
Cargo net . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66
Catalytic converter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 232
CD-ROM player (navigation) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
CD changer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
Central indicator light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Central locking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Central locking switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Convenience key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Eme rgen cy locking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Folding the exterior mirrors . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Luggage compartment lid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Panorama roof . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Power windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Remote control key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Safety central locking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Setting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Certification . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 309
Changing engine oil . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 243
Ch ild restraints
Danger of using child restraints in the front
seat.... ..... .. .. .............. .... 185
Where can I get additional information
about child restraints and their use? . . . . 227
Ch ild restraint system anchors . . . . . . . . . . 222
Child safety . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 209
Important safety instructions for using child
safety seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 212
Tether anchors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 225
Tether straps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 225
Child safety lock Rear doors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Child safety seats Booster seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 218
Convertible child seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 216
Convertible locking retractor . . . . . . . . . . 221
312
How do I properly install a child safety seat
. h' l 7 212 in my ve ,c e . .. .. .. .. .............. .
Infant seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 215
Installing a child restraint using the LATCH
system ....... .. .. ............... .. 224
LATCH system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 224
Lower anchorages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 223
Mounting and releasing the anchorage
hook .............................. 224
Safety instructions .. .. ............. .. 212
Unused safety belts on the rear seat . . . . 214
Child seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 215
Securing ......... .................. 219
Cigarette lighter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
Cleaning ....... .. .. ............... .. 274
Cleaning/removing ice from windows . . . . . 276
Cleaning Alcantara . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 277
Cleaning artific ial leather. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 277
Cleaning carbon parts . . . . . . . . . . . . . 276, 277
Cleaning controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 276
Cleaning decorative parts and trim . . . 275, 276
Cleaning displays . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 276
Cleaning exhaust tail pipes . . . . . . . . . . . . . 275
Cleaning plastic parts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 276
Cleaning seat covers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 277
Cleaning tail lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 275
Cleaning textiles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 277
Cleaning the Audi e-tron charging system . 276
Cleaning the charging dock . . . . . . . . . . . . . 276
Cleaning the rear window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
Cleaning the rims . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 275
Climate control system Key recognition . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
Climate control system (automatic) Adjusting air vents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73, 74
Air distribution, air vents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
AUTO (climate control system) . . . . . . . . . . 72
Blower . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
Controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72
Defrosting the windshield . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
Drive select . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 148
Rear w indow defogger ... ........... .. . 74
Recirculation mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
Setting the temperature . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
synchronizing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73

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0 > co ,...., Climate control system (manual) Adjusting air vents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71, 74
Ad justing the temperature . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
Air distribution, air vents....... ........ 71
Blower . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
Defrosting windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
Rear window defogger ............... .. 74
Recirculation mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
Clock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
C losing
Hood . ... .. .................. ..... . 238
Panorama roof . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Windows .. .. ............... .. .. .. .. 43
C losing/opening
by remote control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 7
with the central locking sw itch . . . . . . . . . . 39
with the convenience key. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
with the door lock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Cockpit (overview) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Coming home . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
Compartments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
Compass in the mirror . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
Compliance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 309
Consumer information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 306
Consumer Informat ion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 4
Consumption (fuel) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Contacting NHT5A . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 174
Convenience key Emergency operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84
Indicator light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84
Starting the engine (STAR T ENGINE STOP
button) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82
Stopping the engine (S TART ENGINE STOP
button) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83
Switching on the ignition . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82
unlocking/locking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Conven ience opening/closing . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Convertible child safety seats . . . . . . . . . . . 216
Convertible locking retractor
Activating . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 221
Deactivating . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 222
Using to secure a child safety seat . . . . . . 221
Coolant
refer to Engine coolant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 244
Cooling mode (automatic climate control sys-
tem) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72
Index
Cooling mode (manual climate control sys-
tem) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
Cooling system Adding coolant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 245
Coo lant level checking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 245
Coolant temperature indicator . . . . . . . . . . 12
Indicator light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Cornering light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Cruise control system Changing speed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131
Description . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130
Preselecting speed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131
Switching off . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131
swit ching on . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131
Cup holders . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
Current consumption . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28 , 29
D
Data recorder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 158
Date display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Daytime running lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Declaration of compliance Adaptive cruise control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 309
Audi s ide ass ist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 309
Cell phone package . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 309
Convenience key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 309
Electronic immobilizer. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 309
Homelink universal remote contro l . . . . . 309
Remote control key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 309
Defective light bulb warning
Indicator light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Defrosting (w indshield)
automatic climate control system . . . . . . . 73
manual climate control system....... .. . 71
DEF (instrument cluster) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
11
Deluxe automatic climate control
refer to Climate control system (automatic) .7.2
Determining correct load limit . . . . . . . . . . 268
Diesel Indicator light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Preheating (button) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82
Preheat ing (key) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80
Diesel fuel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 229
Diesel particulate fi lter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 233
Digital compass . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
Dimensions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 302
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Index
Dimming the rearview mirror . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
Distance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Door/luggage compartment lid warning . . . 28
Door contact switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Doors Child safety lock (mechanical) . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Driver information system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Boost . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
CO/radio display. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Door/luggage compartment lid warning . . 28
Efficiency program. .... ... .... .. .. .. .. 31
Engine oil temperature indicator . . . . . . . . 32
Indicator lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 , 101
La p timer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13, 101
On-board computer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Outside temperature display. . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Service interval display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 252
Using the multifunction steering wheel . . . 28
Driver seating position . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 167
Drive select . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 148
Indicator light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Driving economically . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77
Driving safely . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 166
Driving through water . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77
Driving time . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Dust filter
refer to Pollutant filter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
E
e-tron . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98
Stat istics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107
ECO mode (automatic climate control
system) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72
Efficiency program . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Description . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Fuel economy messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Other equipment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Electrical accessories
refer to Socket . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
Electric drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98
E lectromechanical parking brake
refer to Parking brake . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85
Electromechanical steering . . . . . . . . . . . . . 162
Indicator lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 162
314
Electronic differential lock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 159
Indicator light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Electronic immobilizer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
also refer to Immobilizer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Electronic speed limiter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130
Electronic stabilization control (ESC) Indicator light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Sport mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 160
Electronic Stabil iz at ion Control (ESC) . . . . . 159
E mergency assistance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 280
Emergency flasher . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Emergency flashers
Indicator light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Emergency operation Emergency braking function . . . . . . . . . . . . 87
Front passenger 's door/rear doors . . . . . . . 41
Luggage compartment lid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Panorama sunroof . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
with convenience key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84
Emergency release Fuel filler door . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 232
Selector lever . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96
Emergency starting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29S
Energy management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 164
Indicator light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Engine Coolant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 244
Jump starting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108
Preheater . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
Preheating (button) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82
Preheating (key) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80
Starting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100
Starting with jumper cables . . . . . . . . . . . 29S
Starting (button) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82
Starting (key) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80
Starting (messages with convenience key) . 84
Stopping . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100
stopp ing (button) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83
stopp ing (key) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81
E ngine compartment
Closing the hood . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 238
Opening the hood . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 237
Overv iew . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 239, 240
Safety precautions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 236
Engine control (indicator light) . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Engine coolant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 244
Radiator fan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 246

,....,
N
0 > co ,...., Engine oil . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 240
adding . ... .. ............... .. .... . 242
Changing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 243
Checking the oil level . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 242
Dipstick .. .. .. .............. 239,240,242
Indicator light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
o ·l · 1 consumption . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 241
Specification and viscosity . . . . . . . . . . . . . 240
Temperature indicator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Use . .. .. .. .. .... .. .. ....... .. .. .. . 242
Engine preheater . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 S
Engine speed limitation (indicator light) . . .
24
Environment
Break-in period . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77
Catalytic converter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
232
Diesel particulate filter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 233
Disposing of your vehicle battery . . . . . . . 250
Driving at high speeds . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78
Letting the vehicle stand and warm up . . . . 7 8
Proper disposal of drained brake fluid . . . 246
Proper disposal of drained engine oil . . . . 243
Unleaded gasoline . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 228
What should I do with an old battery? . . . 250
EPC (engine control) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
ESC
Automatic post-collision braking system .
159
Electronic stabilization control . . . . . . . . . 159
Sport mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 160
also refer to Electronic Stabilization Control
(ESC) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
159
ESP
refer to Electronic Stabilization
Control (ESC) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
159
Event Data Recorder (EDR) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 158
Exterior lighting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Exterior mirrors
Adjusting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . SO
D' . 1mming ... .. ................ ..... .. 51
folding . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . SO
Heating . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . SO
F
Fastening
Booster seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
218
Convertible child safety seats . . . . . . . . . . 216
Infant seats .. .... .... ..... ... ... .. . 215
Filling AdBlue
with bottle
Index
235
Floor mats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 171
Fog lights/rear fog light(s) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Folding the exterior mirrors
Center locking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
39
Folding the rear seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
Foot pedals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
171
Footwell lighting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
For the sake of the env ironment
Environmentally-friendly driving . . . . . . . . 77
Fueling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
230
Leaks. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 237
Rear w indow defogger...... ...... .. .. . 74
Front airbags Description . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
188
How they work . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 194
Frontal collisions and the laws of physics . . 177
Front armrest . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
Front passenger's door emergency locking . . 41
Front seats
Adjusting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
168
Child res traints in the front seat . . . . . . . . 185
also refer to Seats 57,64
Fuel Additives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
228
Blended gasoline . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 228
Current consumption . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Fuel filler neck . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 230
Fuel gauge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10, 12
Fuel tank capacity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 303
Gasoline . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 228
Gasoline additives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 229
Indicator light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Saving fuel .. .. .. .. .............. 77, 148
Fuel economy messages (efficiency program) 3.1
Fueling
Fuel filler door eme rgency release . . . . . .
232
Fuel gauge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Fuel tank capacity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 303
Open ing the fuel filler door . . . . . . . . . . . . 230
Fuses
Assignment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
292
Interior . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 291
replacing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29 1
315

,....,
N
0 > co ,...., Key recogn ition
Climate control system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
Kick-down Automatic transm iss ion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94
Knee airbags . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 200
Description . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 200
Howthe ywork .................... .. 201
Important safety instruct ions . . . . . . . . . . 202
L
Lane assist
refer to Active lane assist . . . . . . . . . . . . . 142
Lap t imer. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Evaluating recorded t imes. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Starting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
LATC H . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 222
Description . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 223
Install ing a child restraint . . . . . . . . . . . . . 224
Location . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 223
Mounting and releasing the anchorage
hook . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 224
L aunch Control-Program (automatic transmis-
sion) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95
L eather care/clean ing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 277
Leaving home . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
L ED headlights
All-weather lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
L eft hand dr ive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Lifting jack . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 286
Light Adaptive light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Adjusting automatic headlights . . . . . . . . . 48
Coming/Leaving home . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
Fog lights/rear fog light(s) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
H eadlight flasher . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
Head lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46, 48
H ighway light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
L ow beams . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Park ing light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Switching dayt ime running lights on and off .49
Travel mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Li ght/ rain sensor
H eadlights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
I ndicator light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Int ermi ttent (w indshield wipers) . . . . . . . . 52
Index
Lighting
Exterior . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Interior . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Lights Amb ient lighting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Hea dlight range control system . . . . . . . . . 46
Interior/read ing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Loadin g the roof rac k . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
Locking/unlocking by remote control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 7
with the central locking switch . . . . . . . . . . 39
with the conve nience key. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
with the door lock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Long-term memory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Lo w beam
Indicator light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Lo w beams . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Lowering the cargo floor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66
Lo wer universal anchorages (Canada ) . . . . . 222
Luggage compartment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
Bag hooks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
Cargo net . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66
Co ver............................... 64
Increasing the siz e . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
Loading. .. .. .. .. ... .. .......... .. .. . 64
Lowering the cargo floor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66
Pass-thro ugh . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
Reversible mat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
Socket.............................. 62
Stor ing cargo cor rectly . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 172
Stow ing lugga ge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 172
Tie-downs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66
Luggage compartment lid
Centra l locking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Emergency release . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Lumbar support . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58, 59
M
Maintenance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 306
Maintenance intervals with driver information system . . . . . . . . . 252
Mirror Digital compass sw itching on and off . . . . . 55
dimming . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
Vanity mirror . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
Mirror compass . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
317

Index
Mirrors Adjusting the exterior mirrors. . . . . . . . . . .
50
Monitoring the Advanced Airbag System 196
Motor
Stopping (messages with ignition lock) 84
Multifunction steering wheel . . . . . . . . . . . . .
29
On-board comput er . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
N
Natural leather care/cleaning . . . . . . . . . . . 277
Navigation system
CD-ROM p layer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
63
NHTSA
Con tacting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
174
Nitrogen oxide (NOx) catalytic converter
refer to Ad Blu e . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 234
Number of seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 176
Number of vehicle keys . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
0
Occupant protection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139
Occupant seating posit ions . . . . . . . . . . . . . 167
Oc tane ra ting (gasoline) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 228
Odometer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
O il
Indicator l ight . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
24
also refer to
Engine oil . . . . . . . . . . . 240, 242
Oil change interval
with driver information system . . . . . . . . .
252
On-Board-Diagnostic System (OBD)
System indicator light (MIL) . . . . . . . . . . . .
26
On-board computer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Operation (multifunction steering wheel) . 29
On-Board Diagnostic System (OBD)
Data Link Connector (DLC) . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
26
Electronic speed limiter. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130
Opening. .. .. .. ........... ...... .. .. .. 35
Fuel filler door . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 230
Hood . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 237
Luggage compartment lid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 1
Panorama roof . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
W indows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
43
Opening/closing
with the central locking sw itch . . . . . . . . . .
39
with the convenience key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
with the door lock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
318 Other
equipment (efficiency program) . . . . .
31
Outs ide temperature display . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Overview (Cockpit) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Owner's Literature
5
p
Paint damage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 276
Paint No . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 301
Panorama roof . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Convenience opening/closing . . . . . . . . . . .
43
Panorama sunroof
Emergency closing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
45
Parking aid
Cleaning sensors/camera . . . . . . . . . . . . .
275
Parking brake . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85
Emerg ency braking function . . . . . . . . . . . . 87
Indicato r light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Parking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86
Power supply failure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85
Setting/releas ing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85
Start ing from a stop . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87
also refer to Parking brake . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85
Parking ligh t . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Parking system Adjusting the display/warning tone . . . . .
157
Cl eaning the rearview camera . . . . . . . . . . 154
Malfunction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 7
Parking system plus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 152
Peripheral display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 152
Rearv iew camera . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 153
also refer to
Parking systems . . . . . . 152, 153
Parking systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151
Rear parking system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 152
Parking (automatic transmission) . . . . . . 91, 92
particulate filter
refer to Diesel particu late filter . . . . . . . . 233
Parts replacement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 308
Pass-thro ugh . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
PASSENGER AIR BAG OFF light . . . . . . . . . . 1 96
Pedals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
171
Periphera l display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 152
Physical principles of a frontal collision
177
Plug- in-Hybrid-Drive
High-voltage battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99

Index
Sun visors ..... .................. ..... 52
Switching daytime running lights on and off
Switching the ignition on/off (with key) .. ..
Symbols 49
80
refer
to Indicator lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
System indicator light (MIL) . . . . . . . . . . 23, 26
T
Tachometer .. .. ... ............ .... . 10, 11
TDI clean diesel
refer to Ad Blue . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 234
Technical Data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 301
Technical modifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 308
Temperature display
Coolant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
10
Outside tern perature . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Tether anchors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 225
Tether strap . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 225
The first 1,000 miles (1,500 km) and after-
wards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
77
Tie-downs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66, 173
Tips for the environment
Saving fuel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
tiptronic (automatic transmission) . . . . . . . . 94
Tire Mobility System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
280
Tire Mobility System (tire repair set) . . . . . . 281
Tire repair set . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 280
Tires . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 253
Low aspect rat io tires . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 270
Repair set . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 281
Replacing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 283
Service life . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 261
Tire pressure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 263
Tire pressure monitoring system ... 271,272
Tire pressure table . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 264
Tread wear indicators . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 261
Unidirectional. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 255
Uniform tire quality grading . . . . . . . . . . . 271
Tires and wheels
Glossary of tire and loading terminology .
255
Tires and vehicle load limits . . . . . . . . . . . 266
Tool ...... .. .. .. .. . .......... .. .. .. . 280
Torn or frayed safety belts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 178
Towing
Tow trucks
Towing loop
322
297
298
TPMS (tire pressure monitoring system) . . . 272
Trailer mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127
Notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128
Trailer towing
Operating instructions. .. .. .. .... ... ..
127
Technical requirements ........... 127, 128
Transmission malfunction (indicator light) . . 95
Transport Canada . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 174
Travel mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Trunk
refer to Luggage compartment. . . . . . . . . . 64
Trunk lid
Trunk escape latch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
280
Turning light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Turn signals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
Indicator light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
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ULSD No. 2 (Diesel fuel) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 229
Unfastening safety belts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 181
Uniform tire quality grading 271
Unlocking/locking
by remote control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 7
with the central locking switch . . . . . . . . . .
39
with the convenience key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
with the door lock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
V
Vanity mirror . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
Vehicle
Care/cleaning .. .. .. .. ... .......... ..
274
Dimensions .. .. .. .. .. .. ........... .. 302
Out of service . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 279
Transport . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108
Vehicle control modules. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 158
Vehicle identification label . . . . . . . . . . . . . 301
Vehicle Identification Number (VIN ) . . . . . . 301
Vehicle jack . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 280, 286
Vehicle key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Vehicle sound . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100
Vehicle tool kit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 280
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Warning/indicator lights
System indicator light (MIL) . . . . . . . . . . . .
23